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Acknowledgments

To Philip Marchand, whose McLuhaniacal investigations always inspire my own, thank you for your coyote generosity and, especially, for making a difference: The template is perfect; the errors are mine. I shall always remain deeply grateful for your willingness to share your brilliant work and research as a collaborator in absentia in the making of Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy.

To XYZ’s editorial director, Rhonda Bailey, mere thanks cannot begin to express my admiration and respect for your good sense and great spirit. You make the editorial process a genuine pleasure. Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy is our labour of love.

To Peter C. Newman, Canadian National Arguranter Extraordinaire, heartfelt thanks for your generosity and support of Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy and the Quest Library biography series.

To Daniel “DTM” Jalowica, muchical boundlinesses for your invaluable input and overall irreplace-ability.

To Connie & Paul McKenna, André Vanasse, Dick & Lenore Langs, T. F. Rigelhof, Francine Auger, Cheryl Taylor, Darcy Dunton, and Cynthia Cecil, a round of heartfelt thanks.

To Kelley Lynch & Lennie C, Leon, Musia, Susan & Robert Schwartz, and Marie Mazur (thank you for rhythm, reason, and rhyme).

To Carol Mclntyre, Helen Major, and Wayne Snow at the Sundridge Post Office (thank you for all the neat treats and feats).

Special thanks to Irving Layton, Assumption University’s President Father Bill Irwin, David Sobelman, Monique Pasternak, Adam & Martin Levin, Joan Ramsay, Dafydd Price Jones, Michael S. Connaghan, Taku Moero, Robert Parkins, Anne Marie Smart/Parkins, Laurie Smith, Mark Barker, and Antonio D’Alfonso.

To Henry Blanco, Library Assistant in the Archives and Special Collections of the A. C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University, thank you for the invaluable additional information you graciously provided for the “Wise Guy to the World” chapter.

To the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Canada Council, the Public Lending Rights Commission, CanCopy, and the Ontario Arts Council, thank you for your continued support. Without your assistance, Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy would not exist.